Inscriptions of Aphrodisias 2027

13.701. Posthumous honours for Epicharmos son of Chrysaor

Description: White marble sarcophagus (no further description).

Text: Presumably inscribed on one face.

Letters: 0.023.

Date: First century CE (lettering)

Findspot: Aphrodisias: Necropolis: in a vineyard outside the walls

Original location: Unknown

Last recorded location: Findspot (1904)

Interpretive

ἡ βουλὴ καὶ ὁ δῆμος
ἐτείμησαν καὶ με-
τηλλαχότα ((stop)) Ἐπί-
χαρμον Χρυσάορος
5 τοῦ Ἐπιχάρμου τοῦ
Χρυσίππου ἄνδρα
φιλότειμον γενό-
μενον εἰς τὴν πα-
( vac. 5)τρίδα ( vac. 3)

Diplomatic

ΗΒΟΥΛΗΚΑΙΟΔΗΜΟΣ
ΕΤΕΙΜΗΣΑΝΚΑΙΜΕ
ΤΗΛΛΑΧΟΤΑ • ΕΠΙ
ΧΑΡΜΟΝΧΡΥΣΑΟΡΟΣ
5ΤΟΥΕΠΙΧΑΡΜΟΥΤΟΥ
ΧΡΥΣΙΠΠΟΥΑΝΔΡΑ
ΦΙΛΟΤΕΙΜΟΝΓΕΝΟ
ΜΕΝΟΝΕΙΣΤΗΝΠΑ
          ΤΡΙΔΑ      

Translation

The Council and the People honoured also after his death Epicharmos son of Chrysaor son of Epicharmos son of Chrysippos, a man who was munificent to his country.

Bibliography

Recorded: Gaudin, 1904 65

Publication: Reinach, 1906 51 , whence McCabe, PHI, 1996 475 ; IAph2007 13.701.

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